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package com.bff.gaia.unified.sdk.testing;



import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;

import org.hamcrest.Matcher;



import java.io.Serializable;



/**

 * A {@link Matcher} that is also {@link Serializable}.

 *

 * <p>Such matchers can be used with {@link PAssert}, which builds pipelines such that these

 * matchers may be serialized and executed remotely.

 *

 * <p>To create a {@code SerializableMatcher}, extend {@link org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher} and also

 * implement this interface.

 *

 * @param <T> The type of value matched.

 */

@JsonSerialize(using = MatcherSerializer.class)

@JsonDeserialize(using = MatcherDeserializer.class)

public interface SerializableMatcher<T> extends Matcher<T>, Serializable {}